Johann Sebastian Bach :: Cantata No.80 (Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott)


 

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Bach, Johann Sebastian
1685-1750
(b Eisenach, 21 March 1685; d Leipzig, 28 July 1750). German
Cantata No.80 (Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott) <1724>
chorus solos SATB
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An earlier version, Cantata No.80a, Alles, was von Gott geboren, consists of mvts 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 plus a final chorale (Mit unser Macht ist nichts getan).
The very effective
3tp and tmp in Cantata No.80 were added ca.1744-7 by J.S. Bach's son, W.F. Bach, and are included in the Breitkopf edition and its reprints (Kalmus, Luck's), though not in the Bärenreiter edition. Carus can provide these extra parts as an add-on.
Source of text: Salomo Franck, 1715; nos. 1, 2, 5, 8, Martin Luther, 1529. Language: German
I. Chorus: "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"
II. Aria: "Alles was Gott geboren" — "Mit unsrer
Macht ist nichts getan"
III. Recitative: "Erwäge doch, Kind Gottes"
IV. Aria: "Komm in mein Herzenshaus"
V. Chorus: "Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel wär"
VI. Recitative: "So stehe denn bei Christi
blutgefärbten Fahne"
VII. Duet: "Wie selig sind doch die, die Gott im Munde
tragen"
VIII. Chorus: "Das Wort sie sollen lassen stahn"